My friend "trimmed the poodle" the other day and posted an update on Facebook--a little while later, there was a picture... Of herself, trimming her poodle. Huh. I have a coon hound. I'll not be posting pictures of myself trimming the coon hound. Thank goodness she's a short-haired dog, no trimming needed.

I like puns and (ab)use them to excess. Not so keen on euphemisms though. Generally I feel it's either better to say what you actually mean or to talk about something else.

When I'm mega rich I'm going to have a house with extra rooms built on so if people want to powder their nose I can direct them to a room containing only a mirror and face powder, if they want the bathroom they'll get a room with just a bath and if they ask to spend a penny, they'll get nothing but slot machines.

And how interesting --- there's no sign of the hump on the skeleton. I knew there were no bones in there, but still, I expected ... actually I've never thought about a camel's skeleton before, so I can't say I expected anything.

Since I have a tendency to twist words into a groan-worthy pun almost every day of my life, yeah, I totally love them. As for euphemisms, it depends. Sometimes, I just want people to spit it out and stop beating around the bloody bush trying to be annoyingly cute.

I LOVE both. In fact, I was at the tile place picking out backsplash and I asked the guy a question about color of the marble. So he says, "well, nothing is written in stone."And I said, "Ha! No pun intended." (You know because marble is a stone...)He just looked at me. *sigh* Some people have no sense of humor. :)

thanks for asking. i despise puns. i could rant, but i don't want to be one of those people, especially on a first visit. i do enjoy a good euphemism, however, like maybe one of those people, in this instance:)

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